What are your plans for 2016?<\/p>\n
You know all those things you\u2019ve always wanted to do?<\/p>\n
You should go DO THEM.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh My God what if you wake up some day and you\u2019re 65 or 75 and you never got your memoir or novel written; or you didn\u2019t go swimming in warm pools and oceans all those years because your thighs were jiggly and you had a nice big comfortable tummy; or\u00a0 you were just strung out on people pleasing or perfectionism that you forgot to have a big juicy creative life of imagination and radical silliness and staring off into space like when you were a kid? It\u2019s going to break your heart. Don\u2019t let this happen.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Anne Lamott<\/p>\n Right here, right now ask yourself what you\u2019ve always wanted to do.<\/p>\n Write down what\u2019s in your heart and keep writing until you\u2019re empty.<\/p>\n Get it all down.<\/p>\n If nothing flows and your hand is frozen in the startup position you may have been focused on the needs of others for too long so you\u2019ll need a jump start.<\/p>\n Consider the questions below. Read them over. Let the seeds germinate. Reread daily and when the flood gates open (which they will) put pen to paper and start capturing all those dreams and innermost thoughts.<\/p>\n THE BEST 10 QUESTIONS to discover what you\u2019ve always want to do <\/strong><\/p>\n These questions are meant to be answered from the heart vs the head. To make sure the heart is speaking keep it fun and playful. If it starts feeling like \u2018work\u2019 \u2013 stop immediately your head has taken over. Pick the one or two questions that most resonate with you and work those.<\/p>\n Once\u00a0you\u2019ve identified what you\u2019ve always wanted to do, get to work immediately.<\/p>\n In a journal or on a sheet of paper, write down \u201cWhat I\u2019ve always wanted to do\u201d<\/strong> at the top of the page.<\/p>\n Begin listing tiny, baby steps that you can start taking daily to move towards it. Let it flow. Nothing is too small. Some of your steps may be very ordinary, some creative and unusual.<\/p>\n What matters is that there\u2019s a step for every day. Take a week at a time.<\/p>\n This is BIG.<\/p>\n As Malcolm Gladwell notes in his book BLINK, \u201cmost of us in life become skilled at suppressing action\u201d. We find a multitude of reasons why we couldn\u2019t, shouldn\u2019t wouldn\u2019t or mustn\u2019t act.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll have to reverse this trend if you\u2019re going to do what you\u2019ve always wanted to do.<\/p>\n A tiny, baby step every day<\/em> is the key.<\/p>\n It won\u2019t take long (maybe a week or two of daily baby steps) to pass the critical turnaround or abort-the-mission stage and lock in this new, exciting behavior. By this point you\u2019ll be developing important momentum and hearing a voice tickling your insides as it says, \u201cI\u2019m on my way\u201d. <\/em><\/p>\n Isn\u2019t it crazy to think that just showing up and a little bit of action is all it takes to do what you\u2019ve always wanted to do?<\/p>\n Now don\u2019t go thinking there won\u2019t be obstacles because there will but the momentum you\u2019ve built will lead you around, over or through them. Never fear!<\/p>\n\n